音読み: ハク
訓読み: せまる
画数: 8
部首: しんにょう（辶）
Meaning
Urge / Press / Draw Near
- Basic forms
- 迫る — approach; press / base form
- 迫ります — approaches; presses / masu form
- 迫った — approached; pressed / ta form
- 迫って — approaching … / te form
- 迫らない — do not approach / negative
- 迫れば — if (something) approaches / conditional
- Common expressions
- 期限が迫る — a deadline approaches
- 迫り来る危機 — an impending crisis
- 決断を迫る — press for a decision
- More
- 迫っている — is approaching; is imminent / state
迫る（せまる） is a godan verb. It means to come close in time or space, or to apply pressure, and is commonly used in abstract contexts such as deadlines and decisions.
- 迫る — to press; to draw near
- 脅迫 — intimidation
- 迫力 — force; impact
- 圧迫 — pressure; oppression
- 急迫 — urgency
- 切迫 — growing tension; imminent pressure
- 肉迫 — pressing closely; drawing near physically or logically
- 逼迫 — being driven into a tight situation; severe pressure
With the 辶 radical showing movement, 迫 expresses something closing in — pressure, urgency, or a situation drawing near.